Astronomers find origin of mysterious ‘alien’ signal

In a groundbreaking discovery, astronomers have pinpointed the origin of a mysterious fast radio burst to the immediate vicinity of a rotating neutron star, or magnetar. Using an innovative technique involving scintillation, researchers determined that the burst originated just 10,000 kilometers from the star, offering the first conclusive evidence linking these cosmic phenomena to magnetospheres.

Astronomers find origin of mysterious ‘alien’ signal